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Bernie Cosell
Dec 13, 2015, 5:44:37 PM12/13/15
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I can't remember: what are the rules for amending the charter to a
newsgroup? I want to make a very simple change [which I will post to the
newsgroup for comments before I do], but I don't know if there is more to
it than that. The simple change is that the charter specifies that lines
must be <72 characters long, in accordance with the email format RFC
specifying maximum line length. Based on that rule, virtually every post I
reject is because it has very-long lines. It seems that the very old
Microsoft convention [newlines are actually "new paragraph" and lines can
be as long as needed] has prevailed for a LOT of clients and the posters
probably don't even know what "line length" is [or how to do it in any
convenient way other than by putting in newlines by hand]. Thanks!
/Bernie\
moderator: misc.legal.moderated
newsgroup? I want to make a very simple change [which I will post to the
newsgroup for comments before I do], but I don't know if there is more to
it than that. The simple change is that the charter specifies that lines
must be <72 characters long, in accordance with the email format RFC
specifying maximum line length. Based on that rule, virtually every post I
reject is because it has very-long lines. It seems that the very old
Microsoft convention [newlines are actually "new paragraph" and lines can
be as long as needed] has prevailed for a LOT of clients and the posters
probably don't even know what "line length" is [or how to do it in any
convenient way other than by putting in newlines by hand]. Thanks!
/Bernie\
moderator: misc.legal.moderated
Kathy Morgan
Dec 15, 2015, 3:39:08 PM12/15/15
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Bernie Cosell <ber...@fantasyfarm.com> wrote:
> I can't remember: what are the rules for amending the charter to a
> newsgroup? I want to make a very simple change [which I will post to the
> newsgroup for comments before I do], but I don't know if there is more to
> it than that.
There is no formal means of amending the charter and no repository for
> I can't remember: what are the rules for amending the charter to a
> newsgroup? I want to make a very simple change [which I will post to the
> newsgroup for comments before I do], but I don't know if there is more to
> it than that.
charters, other than the charter archived with the RFD/CFV/RESULTS
postings. In practice, for an open group the charter is whatever the
group culture has settled on. For a moderated group, the moderator can
make changes. Posting them to the group for comments before you do is a
nice courtesy.
> The simple change is that the charter specifies that lines
> must be <72 characters long, in accordance with the email format RFC
> specifying maximum line length. Based on that rule, virtually every post I
> reject is because it has very-long lines. It seems that the very old
> Microsoft convention [newlines are actually "new paragraph" and lines can
> be as long as needed] has prevailed for a LOT of clients and the posters
> probably don't even know what "line length" is [or how to do it in any
> convenient way other than by putting in newlines by hand]. Thanks!
are because of long lines, which is enforced by the software so the
posts get rejected before I even see them. I'm using Brian Edmonds
Robomod, and I'm really grateful that he's hosting my groups. When I
see a rejection notice for a post with long lines that might have been
otherwise acceptable, I email the poster suggesting that they correct
the long lines and resubmit.
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Kathy
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